Metro Library Strike – Arts and Music Solidarity Picket Day

The union leadership of the Metro Library Strike organized fun days on the picket lines as a creative way to attract attention, win support and build pressure on the politicians responsible for running the library. Here members of CUPE Local 1582 watch the poets and singers on the arts and letters solidarity picket, acknowledging the work of the Music and Fine Arts departments. Front row left to right: M. Gordon, Susan Willis, Gerry Haley. Back row Bob Adams, Susan Reed

Members of CUPE Local 1582 watch poets and singers perform during an arts and music solidarity day on the Metro Library Strike picket line. The union leadership organized fun events such as these to garner support and build pressure.

Front row left to right: M. Gordon, Susan Willis, Gerry Haley. Back row Bob Adams, Susan Reed.

Metadata

Title: Metro Library Strike – Arts and Music Solidarity Picket Day

Date: 1984

Region: Ontario

City/Town: Toronto

Photographer: Rob Laycock